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in russia. here's a dirty little secret. vladimir putin isn't all that popular. the last credible polling that i saw came not in the spring from the la plata center in moscow and a suggested that of respondents who voted for -- to participate in the vote for the presidential election, only 34% said they would vote for vladimir putin. in a democratic society, that is catastrophic. even an authoritarian one is deeply charlo, which is why what you see it has to do with the last year has been a deepening of russia's antidemocratic church. the real dilemma for u.s. policymakers is how to square that circle, how to invest in democratic institutions, democratic infrastructure without the messiness meddling in internal affairs about having proxies, whether it's the international republican institute, democratic answer to plot us to commiserated kicked out of the country. i think that's a very difficult needle to thread. that is the reason why the obama it restrictionist spent so little time actually thi
in russia. here's a dirty little secret. vladimir putin isn't all that popular. the last credible polling that i saw came not in the spring from the la plata center in moscow and a suggested that of respondents who voted for -- to participate in the vote for the presidential election, only 34% said they would vote for vladimir putin. in a democratic society, that is catastrophic. even an authoritarian one is deeply charlo, which is why what you see it has to do with the last year has been a...
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our relationship with russia over to union crane, turn it into lemonade. it pushed them to the west. for example, the -- they worked out with the borj georgeans and two pipelines to get their oil and gas to the west without having to go through russia and why did they do that? because they were reacting to the president. >> in case of ukraine, we have to take steps immediately to begin to say we will sell u.s. natural gas to europe, and we will extradite the creations necessary to do that. this week we had an important bit of little news which was that some of the central european countries are making agreements with the ukraine for reverse flow. that is to say to be able to sell gas from central and western europe to ukraine or to relieve them of some of the buying russian gas, but there needs to be a strategic framework that says what are we going to do to take advantage of this moment that we didn't want, but that was given to us. ukraine has been lost to the russians for a generation. the question is are we going to act thoughtfully enough, sensibly en
our relationship with russia over to union crane, turn it into lemonade. it pushed them to the west. for example, the -- they worked out with the borj georgeans and two pipelines to get their oil and gas to the west without having to go through russia and why did they do that? because they were reacting to the president. >> in case of ukraine, we have to take steps immediately to begin to say we will sell u.s. natural gas to europe, and we will extradite the creations necessary to do...
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but russia wants to start world war iii. merkel also voiced concern. the german chancellor held crisis talks with the polish counterpart and spoke on the phone to other western leaders. >> russia has the ability to put the separatist on the peaceful path. debating the constitution and preparing for elections. no indication of them doing that. several former soviet country offered to mediate in the crisis as russia continued to build up its military along ukraine's border. thousands of portuguese turned out to mark the 40th anniversary of the countries carnation revolution. in 1974, a military coup turned into a popular uprising. it paved the way for democracy and portugal which had been ruled by dictators since the 1930's. aftervolution was named the carnations that people stop into the barrels of soldiers guns on that landmark day. that was the week inó?ó?ó?ó?ó?
but russia wants to start world war iii. merkel also voiced concern. the german chancellor held crisis talks with the polish counterpart and spoke on the phone to other western leaders. >> russia has the ability to put the separatist on the peaceful path. debating the constitution and preparing for elections. no indication of them doing that. several former soviet country offered to mediate in the crisis as russia continued to build up its military along ukraine's border. thousands of...
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what consequences do russia face? >> talk thing about sanctions. what putin is doing is dangerous. the world cannot sit by. if the world does, nato is dead. nato has to react. there are countries in the area that are worried about putin stirring up russians in the country. >> are are the stiffer sanctions which are going to take effect, can they change the calculus. >> iran is now sitting down and negotiating with the united states in the west. we imposed sanctions on them. the sanctions hurt their economy. they are essentially brought to your knees and russia will face the same if putin continues the aggression. >> you got back from the crew yan. i understand you spent time traveling to the contested eastern part p of the country. you met with ethnic russians there. what did you see and hear? >> certainly amongst the people of ukraine, they are all frightened and very much oppose ed to what putin is doing. i think this is putin trying to make a move. i think the nato alliance and the west cannot let that happen. this crisis is made up. >> what do you mean? >> putin invaded crimea,
what consequences do russia face? >> talk thing about sanctions. what putin is doing is dangerous. the world cannot sit by. if the world does, nato is dead. nato has to react. there are countries in the area that are worried about putin stirring up russians in the country. >> are are the stiffer sanctions which are going to take effect, can they change the calculus. >> iran is now sitting down and negotiating with the united states in the west. we imposed sanctions on them....
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what bat the baltic states and russia? are we dealing with a state land here -- no, but just what is your feeling about the baltic states, which are precarious. a lot of russians moved up there during the soviet era. >> let me just start. if there's a move on the baltic states that is going to go way past serious. we have a military commitment to defend those states as a member of nato. we don't have a military guarantee for ukraine. but estonia? we own that problem. and attack on one is an attack on all and that will get military. >> that's exactly right. it's not no accident we don't have security guarantees for ukraine. we have what are called security assurances, something much weaker. but joe is right. at nato allies we have that commitment to the baltic states, and, again, there's been a certain amount of re-negotiating whether we should expand nato into that region, but we did, and now we have those commitments. so that would take us very quickly from the nuisance to the really quite serious level. >> okay. how abou
what bat the baltic states and russia? are we dealing with a state land here -- no, but just what is your feeling about the baltic states, which are precarious. a lot of russians moved up there during the soviet era. >> let me just start. if there's a move on the baltic states that is going to go way past serious. we have a military commitment to defend those states as a member of nato. we don't have a military guarantee for ukraine. but estonia? we own that problem. and attack on one is...
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can they account on china and russia as they ratchet up the threats? welcome to "the journal editorial report." i'm paul gigot.
can they account on china and russia as they ratchet up the threats? welcome to "the journal editorial report." i'm paul gigot.
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euphemism for the gangsters who are doing russia's work. he says, no. we want ukraine not to conduct military operations within ukraine against these people. now it was said two weeks ago by the supreme court kpland ecomma nato that is a military operation. so i guess the stakes are now looking ahead to may 25th when there is supposed to be a presidential election in ukraine. it's clearly putin's objective to stop this, i think. >> amy, there's been a lot of criticism of president obama's handling of the crisis in ukraine. but aside from hawks, people like john mccain or lindsey gram, you don't get a lot of push up on capitol hill from republicans about the u.s. getting more deeply involved in ukraine. >> right, especially when it comes to military intervention. we have the very war weary country that doesn't know what to do about this. it's taken a toll on the president as well. you see his approval rating overall has gone down. his handling of issues on foreign policy continues to dwindle as well. so there is a sense that i think from the
euphemism for the gangsters who are doing russia's work. he says, no. we want ukraine not to conduct military operations within ukraine against these people. now it was said two weeks ago by the supreme court kpland ecomma nato that is a military operation. so i guess the stakes are now looking ahead to may 25th when there is supposed to be a presidential election in ukraine. it's clearly putin's objective to stop this, i think. >> amy, there's been a lot of criticism of president obama's...
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russia condemned the actions. proseparatist groups announced a mobilization of the forces and ukrainian officials say a group of military advisers from the organization of security and corporation in europe or osce, was taken hostage on friday by pro-russian militants. the detained observers appeared in public for the first time today and said they were not mistreated but so far they were not released. and if russia sends in troops under the pretense of a peace keeping operation, the ukrainian military will fight them. the obama organization has been focused on sanctions with european partners. peter alexander is traveling with the president in russia and filed this report. >> reporter: jonathan, good sunday morning to you from what is a very steamy kuala. president obama, his first comments publicly since the u.s. and g7 leaders indicated further targeted sanctions against russia. president obama praising the ukrainian leadership for their efforts to disarm. but says russia has not lifted a finger to help. presid
russia condemned the actions. proseparatist groups announced a mobilization of the forces and ukrainian officials say a group of military advisers from the organization of security and corporation in europe or osce, was taken hostage on friday by pro-russian militants. the detained observers appeared in public for the first time today and said they were not mistreated but so far they were not released. and if russia sends in troops under the pretense of a peace keeping operation, the ukrainian...
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i ate no beast the newsagency russia's defense minister sticking to move. so the military exercises could cool down what he called the hive needs of the interim government in kiev. united states has deployed one hundred fifty paratroopers to lithuania to curtail for a military drill the baltic sea next month the move is a part of efforts by washington to reissue its eastern european allies who are worried about the situation in ukraine. we ate. we are here to the phrase nato commitment to his. we are producing. as for his or her to miss us as he bids to all states poland and involves a kind soul cold water on my jeans and a cell and tissue means for ensuring safety are a must in such a complicated geopolitical situation which is only escalated. this edition and us troops is very timely gary needed and to see any of like the other baltic states and holland are seeking best the one hundred fifty us paratroopers belong to the one hundred seventy third airborne brigade combat team based in italy. a total of six hundred us troops ought to be deployed to poland a
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, to use our power to establish a balance of power that protect the sovereignty of the ukraine from russia. ukraine needs to develop an ability to protect its own sovereignty. to the degree the united states can help, we should, but there are real limits to that. host: you are a graduate of princeton. that's what i want to bring up this piece. "getting into the ivs -- ivies." one of the stories this past week, 95% of stanford applicants were denied admission. they accept only at 5%. guest: it is mathematics. it is very hard to get into the schools. i'm very grateful i got into princeton and was able to go there. it was a great education, great professors. i met life on friends. it is a wonderful school. unlike some of those other ivy league schools, princeton is focused on educating undergraduates. i prized the ability to sit in -- you might be in a room the size, an office with someone who is a fantastic scholar, a great scholar, and be able to talk about things you read with that person. it is unfortunate there isn't more opportunity. but there are a lot of other great universities that
, to use our power to establish a balance of power that protect the sovereignty of the ukraine from russia. ukraine needs to develop an ability to protect its own sovereignty. to the degree the united states can help, we should, but there are real limits to that. host: you are a graduate of princeton. that's what i want to bring up this piece. "getting into the ivs -- ivies." one of the stories this past week, 95% of stanford applicants were denied admission. they accept only at 5%....
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the same in russia. that's why it's absolutely natural to pursue this way and be in association and political and civil life. economic side is a little more difficult but they even didn't do this and he understood that he was faced with a problem and he would lose his position. but it happened much faster losing his position because losing legitimacy of other reasons. >> let me pick back up where you began your talk. and you started with 2008 in georgia. clearly, the actions of the west the united states and europe failed to deter putin's conversation of further actions in europe's east in 2008. what will deter president putin right now? what would you be recommending that washington and brussels consider undertaking? you talked about the sanctions but are these sufficient to deter an escalation of his objectives whether it's in ukraine or mold ovea or elsewhere? >> the west should press right now just putin just to make a statement to make a statement groups just rmed to immediately hand over the weapon
the same in russia. that's why it's absolutely natural to pursue this way and be in association and political and civil life. economic side is a little more difficult but they even didn't do this and he understood that he was faced with a problem and he would lose his position. but it happened much faster losing his position because losing legitimacy of other reasons. >> let me pick back up where you began your talk. and you started with 2008 in georgia. clearly, the actions of the west...
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what is the president saying about the new round of sanctions for russia specifically? >> reporter: you know, frances, that entire crisis in ukraine is largely overshadowed the president's trip to this region. this was the first time we heard from the president since the g-7 leaders announced there would be new targeted sanctions against russia for its failure to be more responsive to the geneva agreement and he praised the ukrainian leadership for working to disarm the forces in that region but in president obama's language he said that russia has not lifted a finger to help. more specific to that topic of sect sectoral sanction and why the united states has to wait for its allies to be at its side in terms of sanctions that could hit energy, oil, most specifically arms and banking and president obama said what he has reiterated before that is the u.s. is in a stronger position when it acts alongside its allies. here's more from the president just a short time ago. >> collectively us and the europeans have said that so long as russia continues down the path of provocat
what is the president saying about the new round of sanctions for russia specifically? >> reporter: you know, frances, that entire crisis in ukraine is largely overshadowed the president's trip to this region. this was the first time we heard from the president since the g-7 leaders announced there would be new targeted sanctions against russia for its failure to be more responsive to the geneva agreement and he praised the ukrainian leadership for working to disarm the forces in that...